Investments

Let me share why I dislike investing in the stock market even in good times. Times are good now because we’re near all-time highs after a scary March 2020. Corporate earnings are rebounding. The economy is opening up. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The problem with the stock market is that

We are no longer in a rising interest rate environment after inflation peaked in 2022. However, learning how to invest and profit in a rising interest rate environment. If you do, you will invest better, make more money, and lose less money. For background, I’ve been investing since 1995, worked in finance for 13 years,

Do you have contingency plans fo a digital bank run? If not, perhaps you should. The markets are extremely frothy again and another downturn could happen. If there is a downturn, there will be another digital bank run that will put pressure on the money market system. It happened in March 2020, it may happen

Do you know who missed out on great growth stocks like Apple, Netflix, Google, Meta, NVIDIA and more over the last 10-20 years? Dividend stock investors. For younger investors (under 40), I believe it’s better to invest mostly in growth stocks over dividend stocks. With growth stocks, you increase your chances of accumulating more capital

Let me say up front that day trading is a waste of time and money. You are much better off investing in long-term trends and dominant companies that are consistently growing their earnings and dividends. Day trading is the exact opposite of buy and hold investing. I first started day trading in college. It was

Passive and active investing are two ways to make investment returns in the stock market. Since my first job in finance, I’ve always actively invested some of my funds to chase unicorns. The question is: what is the best split between passive and active investing in the stock market? If you are only a passive

A number of people have asked me to share some different investment strategies for different life stages. What I’ll do is highlight the various investment strategies I think make sense for most people, discuss a couple more alternative investment strategies, and round up what strategy I think is most appropriate by life stage. We all